William's obituary in the Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario, on 24 February 1847 read:

"HODGINSON Died on Sunday morning last, Mr. W. Hodginson, of Grantham, aged 96. The deceased was among the last of that hardy band who, retaining their allegiance to the Sovereign in the American Revolution, was obliged, after struggling for seven years through the victories and defeats and the hardships and dangers of that trying scene, to leave their own comfortable firesides and seek a home in the wilderness."3